What's your "Oh fuck, that actually worked!" Linux moment that made you feel like a wizard? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago by cm0002@lemmy.world to c/linux@programming.dev

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For me, my high bar that I have yet to beat, was the time I pivoted the running OS (ubuntu) into RAM over SSH so I could unmount and image the boot drive without rebooting and loading a live USB (Which would have required a ticket with my provider to enable IPMI)

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[-] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 31 points 1 month ago

That this worked when I did it in 2006:

wine ~/.wine/drive_c/Program\ Files/Warcraft\ III/Frozen\ Throne.exe -opengl

[-] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 14 points 1 month ago

Wine still feels like magic in 2025

[-] themoken@startrek.website 4 points 1 month ago

Yes! It used to be so hit or miss with Wine, but I played WoW in it around the same time and it was crazy that it worked (at least most of the time).

[-] Shareni@programming.dev 1 points 1 month ago

Yet in 2025 w3c is a pain in the ass

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